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Saturday, April 28, 2007

EDM Challenge #116: Draw Something Green

I think this is the only drawing I'm gonna get done this week. I really wanted to draw something NICE that is green....like green leaves, green pots, green outside. But I've had a bad cold all week and just haven't had any energy. So, tonight I drew my collection of medicines and lame green lettering! I did it in my sketchbook with Micron pen and Crayola colored markers.

I've been drinking cherry cold syrup, dissolving Airborne tablets, swallowing decongestants day and night. I don't know if it's just an Oregon thing or not, but the GOOD decongestants have been banned from over-the-counter sale because meth lab people steal them and use them to make illegal drugs with. The new stuff just doesn't work as well. I found a few of the old ones in my bathroom drawers tonight, so they will last for a couple of days. I called the pharmacist and found out I now need a prescription in order to get the old "Sudafed" with pseudoephedrine.

I took one day off from work this week and but went in for the other four. All winter I have successfully avoided all colds and flu. I work with college students and they bring everything into our office, cough all over, touch things with their germy hands. My husband also works in a college and he has been sick with the same thing. We each have our own stash of syrups, cough drops, and pills.

18 comments:

Hahahah, I think that's great, to draw what must be! So sorry you are sick w/ a cold, but what better way to make the best of it than to draw what's most related to your week? :)

Yes, here in florida that good decongestant is behind the counter. You don't need a prescription, you can still get it, but you have to ask the pharmacist for it and sign for it and they ask for your driver's license. It's a pain, but you can get it without your doctor. (D*mn druggies!) Maybe it's the same there?

IT seems colds these days are so darn resistent -- itwouldn't matter if we inhaled TNT .. they just seem to linger... I hope you're feeling better now -- your sketch is wonderful nonetheless ...but it really is hard to enjoy the journey when your head is all clogged... hope you're better by now!

Dont you hate drawing a collection of medicine when you really want to draw anything else...it looks SOOOO great though especially for a sick person who doesnt feel well...hey scratch that it looks good for anyone to have drawn...you really did an awesome job...and its a great interpretation of the word green..

Spring colds are the worse...going around here too ...dh has one...get well soon......

Thanks for your comments and commiseration everyone! I thought I would get through the season unscathed, but....no. At least it's a bit sunny today, so I'll take the dog out for a walk. My head feels like styrofoam.

About Me

I began this blog in 2006 after my sister, "The Old Bag", showed me how. My blog is about nothing, really. Just stuff I do, think, observe, draw, or find humorous. I work in student services at a large college and need a diversion. The pseudonym "Emma Pod" originated in 2005 from an ongoing joke with a co-worker about being "drones" and "pods" at work. (For more on Pod People, see "Invasion of the Body Snatchers")

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"You are your own beginning. Every day, every hour, every minute, you start again. There is no point wishing you were someone else, you are who you are - start there." Music for Torching, A.M. Homes, 1999